Grand Canyon Helicopter 45-Minute Flight with Optional Hummer Tour

I decided to splurge on a helicopter ride because we had only very limited time at the Grand Canyon and it was so worth it!! Absolutely breathtaking seeing the canyon from above!!! Our pilot, Justin, was very calm which was very reassuring to me, and he was attentive to the different passengers. He joked with my young daughter who was sitting next to him and he picked up on 2 passengers speaking only little English and played the audio in French for them. Overall, it was such an incredible experience that we will be talking about for a long time! My daughter could not stop smiling for the rest of the day....

I took my tour out of the the Grand Canyon airport Id like to start with the good, the tour over the canyon was beautiful and our pilot Fredrick was very professional and informative. My displeasure started 50 minutes before our flight when I received a call telling me, not asking me that I would be moved from the 3PM to the 4PM flight. I had driven 3.5 hours to be there half an hour early as requested. The explanation from Papillon was that the flight had not filled up and they would not fly without 4 passages, understandable but I reminded them that I had booked 3 weeks earlier they should have called sooner than 50 minutes prior to lift off. I explained I was not happy and had dinner reservations after and the timing was critical to my days plans. The staff member I spoke with agreed to call in other customers in for an earlier departure. When I arrived 40 minutes prior to my flight we were checked, in along with a tour bus of customers and all shown the safety video together. When I asked about my request for front row seats when I made my reservation 3 weeks ago they said it would be reviewed before flight time. I had figured if they didn't have enough customers for the flight that should be a no brainer. When I came out of the video a second bus of people had come in, checked in and watched the safety video. Around 2:50PM what looked like both tour groups were called and boarded a helicopter while I waited with my daughter for our 3PM flight, there was no 3PM flight. At 3PM there was not a helicopter for the tour we picked on property and ready to leave. At 3:20 we boarded a helicopter for a beautiful tour of the canyon with a different family of three. . My daughter luckily had a front seat, I did not though. A little upsetting based on the 50$ a seat upgrade on what should have been an empty flight based on what I was told by Pappilon. Would have been great to enjoy the experience with her, not from the second row. I understand this is a small delay and I dint get the upgrade I requested, however I feel Papillon did not do a great job communicating what was happening. I believe we were bumped by the bigger tour groups and lied to by staff when they tried to blame this mix up on under booking when clearly the 3PM flights were very booked, over booked if you will, Then again not told the truth about departure time when I put resistance into the delay to a later fight. Derrick Patterson Flight - Feb 15 2026 - 3:20 flight time

You can’t stop saying WOW!!! I am a pilot and I’m still totally amazed over flying the canyon. Happy

Views were stunning! Seeing the Grand Canyon from a helicopter is a must. Our pilot Justin was knowledgeable, kind and we felt very safe! 10/10

Our helicopter tour was canceled due to weather. It is very difficult communicating with the company to get a refund! Very frustrating. Our Hummer tour was excellent!